[cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park - next steps?

As someone who frequents Fuertes Bird Sanctuary, I greatly appreciated Dave's courage and posting and the resulting discussion this brought up. Since tickets were not issued and the hunters were bitter, shouldn't we follow up - especially because this has happened before (re: picture of hunters

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

If it's true that the issue has already been resolved (last year, as Ken suggests), perhaps the city should take a cue from other regional entities (the State Parks, the Finger Lakes Land Trust, the Finger Lakes Trail Conference, the Arnot Teaching Forest, etc.), and just post the rule

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

Yet another good reason to buy a Duck Stamp. That way you can show your support for conservation and that you are not against their activity per say, just the location. I am willing to bet that if you showed that you too had a duck stamp and explained your concern that this is a city park

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

Thanks, Dave, for staying with this. The City code is clear: No person shall carry, transport or possess any firearm of any nature in the park, but this section shall not apply to duly constituted peace officers. Limited use of archery equipment, supervised as part of a program provided by the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

ailto:nutter.d...@mac.com>>, Laura Stenzler <l...@cornell.edu<mailto:l...@cornell.edu>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park Dave, thanks for sharing your encounter with the List, because this potentially affects anyone who intends to go birding at Stewart Par

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afety. Kayaked > > disrupting the hunt could pose a public safety concern... > > > > -Geo > > > From: bounce-119893064-3493...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-119893064-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of bob mcguire > Sent: Friday, November 13,

RE: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

tter <nutter.d...@mac.com> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>; rmann...@twcny.rr.com Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park Thanks, Dave, for staying with this. The City code is clear: No person shall carry, transport or possess any firearm of any nature in t

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Dave wrote: "After the cops drove off, the leader of the guys, the big one, said I had won today, but if this happened again they'd call the cops on me for harassing them. I asked, if what happens?" Great come-back Dave. I guess they don't understand that if they obey the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

If one goes to the City of Ithaca code site (ecode 360) and searches "guns" or "hunting", you will find information on the ban on the discharge of a gun in the city and also of the ban on hunting in the city. The word "firearms" will direct to Article ll which defines the restriction in Stewart

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

My guess is that these hunters thought they were conducting themselves in a manner consistent with NYSDEC regs, meaning that they have the right to waterfowl hunt on Cayuga Lake as long they don't fire in the direction of a dwelling that's less than 500' away (among other things). They also

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

gt;> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 11:05 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Cc: rmann...@twcny.rr.com<mailto:rmann...@twcny.rr.com> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park This afternoon I was enjoying Stewart Park - the Cayuga Waterfront Trail, the Fuertes Sanctuary (swan pond), the b

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Although I am no longer an Ithaca resident, it warms my heart to see that as always, Dave is looking out for his fellow birders and the citizens of Ithaca by standing up to those men. Keep up the good work Dave and please keep posting your birding adventures! They make me feel like I am back

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

.d...@mac.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 11:05 PM > *To:* CAYUGABIRDS-L > *Cc:* rmann...@twcny.rr.com > *Subject:* [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park > This afternoon I was enjoying Stewart Park - the Cayuga Waterfront > Trail, the Fuertes Sanctuary (swan po

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er 12, 2015 11:05 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Cc: rmann...@twcny.rr.com<mailto:rmann...@twcny.rr.com> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park This afternoon I was enjoying Stewart Park - the Cayuga Waterfront Trail, the Fuertes Sanctuary (swan pond), the birds on the lake - as I often do. As

Re: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

-119891413-8866...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-119891413-8866...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@mac.com> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 11:05 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Cc: rmann...@twcny.rr.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park This afternoon I was enjo

[cayugabirds-l] guns at Stewart Park

This afternoon I was enjoying Stewart Park - the Cayuga Waterfront Trail, the Fuertes Sanctuary (swan pond), the birds on the lake - as I often do. As I walked clockwise around the pond and came out from the Fuertes Sanctuary path near the lakeshore and toward the park road, I came face to face